Eileen Myles Quotes

Lyndon Johnson, I know for a fact, was a great president. And I don't mean by that he was a great man.

Eileen Myles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 9, 1949

Topics

GreatManGreat ManKnowMeanFact

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

Joe Sakic

BetterLearnI CanMoreOffHear

There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an orchestra. If in such cases the interpretation is equal to the composition the balance of a wind combination is more satisfying.

John Philip Sousa

MusicBalanceWindBetterMore

I am very aware now that music is a business, but there is also a way to go about making music that is true to yourself as opposed to doing, you know, just going through the motions and making things that would just be commercially successful.

Ronnie Montrose

BusinessMusicYourselfI AmDoing

I'm not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S.

Roseanne Barr

MeThinkBecomePresidentPolitician

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.

Mary Cheney

ViceCandidateAfterthoughtBit

I look very different on camera compared with how I do in real life. On camera, I look my best when everything is enhanced, especially my eyes - I like a smoky eye. In real life, I like myself best in tinted moisturiser, lip balm and mascara.

Martine McCutcheon

LifeEyesMyselfBestEyeLook

Reason why we've lasted so long is we write music; we get very intense. We go away from each other, do our own thing, and then we get back together.

Mike McCready

MusicTogetherLongBackGoWhy

I have a lot of things I want to do. I have a lot of fire. I want to do film. I want to do action movies. I want to do period pieces.

Monica Raymund

FireActionWantMoviesPiecesFilm

What we look for in the school is unrealized potential.

Donna Reed

SchoolPotentialLook

People read stuff over your shoulder when you're in public, and when you write the kind of stuff I do, and people read it over your shoulder, it makes you a little self-conscious.

Chelsea Cain

PeopleYouKindWriteOverShoulder

Ideological purity does not now, nor has it ever, produced results.

Bob Beckel

ResultsNowPurityEverNorDoes

For some time, I thought being a producer would be a more fulfilling career than being an actor. But then I went to a conference in Cannes with 300 other producers, all desperately chasing finance for their projects... and realized being an actor wasn't so bad after all!

William Kircher

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